Method of packaging hosiery



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United States Patent O METHOD F PACKAGING HOSIERY Joseph Warren Malley,Flushing, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to S. D. Arrowood &Co., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York ApplicationSeptember 25, 1952, Serial No. 311,374 6 Claims. (Cl. 53-21) The presentinvention relates to a method of packaging hosiery. lt relates moreparticularly to the packaging of ladies hosiery 4so as to indicate thelength thereof.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of packagingladies hosiery and a package therefor whereby the length of the packagedIstockings is visibly displayed and can be seen by the purchaser withoutdisturbing or opening the package. Another object of the invention is toprovide a package and method of packaging ladies hosiery so as todisplay the length of the packaged stockings which is economical anddoes not require additional labor expense. The Ipresent invention notonly eliminates any additional labor and the corresponding expense, butit also eliminates the need for envelopes of special construction orwith m-arkings thereon.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of the face of a packaging insert made inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view ot' a packaging board employed in carrying out thepresent invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view illustrating the rst step in packaging a pair ofstockings in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 4 illustrates the second step in packaging a pair of stockings inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 5 illustrates the third step in packaging a pair of stockings inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 6 illustrates the fourth step in packaging a pair of stockings inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 7 illustrates the iitth step in packaging a pair of stockings inaccordance with the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a front view of the lstockings and the insert shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 shows the completed package; and

Fig. l() is a plan view illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a packaging board 11, as shown inFig. 2, is employed in carrying out the invention. The packaging board11 has a foot 12 or other suitable mark painted on itat one end and amarker 13 at its other end. For convenience, the marker 13 may be raisedand is located at a known `distance X from the bottom ot" the heel Iofthe foot 12. For the usual ladies stockings the distance X willgenerally be thirty-six inches.

The procedure to be followed in packaging a pair of stockings 14 willnow be described. After `a pair `of stockings are mated as to length inthe usual way, the stockings are placed on the packaging board 11 withthe bottoms of the heels of the stockings located at the bottom of theheel of the foot 12 painted on the board 11. The stockings 1f.- arearranged so that they extend lengthwise of the board with the topsthereof being spaced from the raised marker 13, as shown in Fig. 3.

An insert 15 is then laid face down over the pair of stockings. Theinsert 15 extends over the legs of the stockings with one end abuttingagainst the raised marker Patented Jan. 22, 1957 13 as shown in Fig. 4.The insert 15 is in the form of a strip of paper or other suitablematerial and has a measuring scale 16 printed on its face, as shown inFig. l. The measuring scale 1-6 extends from the end of the insertabutting against the raised marker 13 'to a point intermediate the endsof the insert. The measurement indicated on the scale 16 at the end ofthe insert labutting against the marker 13 corresponds to the distance Xand the scale measurements decrease as the lscale extends down theinsert.

In the illustrated embodiment, where the distance X is thirty-sixinches, the mea-surement at the end of the insert 15 is thirty-sixinches with the other markings decreasing in inches and fractionsthereof as the scale extends down the insert. Thus, the point at whichthe scale 16 registers with the tops of the stockings measures thedifference` be.- tween the known distance X andthe tops of the stockings14, but is arranged to express this difference in terms of the actuallength of the stockings. lt will be noted that the length of the insert15 does not have to ybe known and hence, such an insert may beinexpensively produced in the usual commercial manner.

After the insert 15 has been placed on the stockings 14 in this manner,the stockings are folded at approximately the ankle so that the feet areon top of the lower end of the insert as shown in Fig. 5. The insert 15and the stockings 14 are then folded together along the line a as shownin Fig. 6. The folding ot the stockings and insert together in thismanner effectively secures the stockings and the insert against slippageor movement relative to each other and thus, maintains the tops of thestockings at the proper marking of the measurement scale 16 whichindicates their length.

After the stockings and the insert have been folded together,` they arefolded a second time along the line bas shown in Fig. 7. This completesthe folding and when the folded stockings and insert are lturned fa-ceup, as shown in Fig. 8, the top of the stockings registers with themarking on the measurement scale 'which indicates their length. v

Thereafter, the folded stockings and insert may be placed in a suitablewrapping or envelope 17, as indicated in Fig. 9, which is provided `witha transparent portion or panel 18 through which the measurement scale 16is visible and the top end of the stockings 14 registering therewithlcan lbe seen. This permits the purchaser to see how long the stockingsare without removing them from the envelope. This not only saves thetrouble ol' repackaging stockings that have been taken out ot a packagefor measurement, but it also assures each purchaser of receiving a freshpackage of neat appearance.

The length of the insert between the fold lines a and b and the width ofthe insert will generally correspond to the dimensions of the envelope17 so that the folded stocking and insert will rit into the envelopeneatly. However, no markings are required on the envelope and the usualtransparent envelope with 'the sellers trademarks or other informationprinted thereon may be used without change. As previously mentioned theexact length of the insert 15 is of ho particular concern and theinserts do not have `to be made ot' a specific length.

Iln embodiment of the invention illustrated in Fig. l0, raised markers13a are placed on a packaging board 11a at a known `distance y from thebottom of the heel of the foot 12 but at a point intermediate the lengthof the stocking. ln this case, the lower end of an. insert 15a is placedagainst the markers 13a and a measurement scale 16a printed on the 'faceof the insert 15:1 indicates the distance from the heels of thestockings to the tops of the legs thereof. The procedure in folding ofthe stockings 14 and the insert 15a is the Isame as that previouslydescribed and need not be repeated.

It will be understood that various modifications may ybe made in theembodiments of the invention illustrated and described herein withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention `as defined by the followingclaims.

`i claim:

l. ln a method of packaging hosiery, the steps of laying a pair ofstockings dat on a surface with the heels thereof located at a heel markon said surface and with the tops thereof extending toward a second markon the surface `spaced from said heel mark by a known distance, thenplacing a strip of paper face down over the legs of the stockings withone end of said strip being located at Isaid. second mark and the otherend extending to a point intermediate the tops and the heels of thestockings, said strip having a measurement scale printed on the facethereof and being positioned with the scale extending over the tops ofthe stockings, said scale measuring the distance from the second mark tothe tops of the stockings and expressing said distance in terms of thedistance from the heel mark to the tops of the stockings, then foldingthe feet of the stockings over the strip at one end thereof and thenfolding the strip together with the stockings.

2. In a method of packing hosiery the steps as defined in claim 1 whichincludes the step of folding the strip and stockings together at leasttwice.

3. In a method of packaging hosiery, the steps of laying a pair ofstockings flat on a surface with the heels thereof being located at aheel mark on lsaid surface and with `the tops thereof extending toward a`second mark on said surface, said second mark being spaced from saidheel mark by a known distance, said distance being greater than thelength of the stockings, then placing an insert in the form of a ysheetof paper face down over the legs of the stockings with one end of theinsert ybeing located at said second mark and the other end thereofextending to a point short of the lheels of the stockings, said inserthaving a measurement scale printed on the face thereof, said scaleextending from said one end of the insert 'to a point beyond the tops ofthe stockings and having mea-surements thereon expressed in terms of thedistance from the heel mark to the tops of the stockings, then foldingthe feet of the stockings over the other end of the insert and thenfolding the insert together with the stockings.

4. In a method of packaging hosiery, the steps of laying a pair ofstockings hat on a surface with the heels thereof located at a heel markon the surface and with the tops of the legs thereof extending beyond asecond mark spaced from said first-mentioned mark by a known distance,placing an insert in the form of a sheet of paper face down over thelegs of the stockings with one end of the insert being located at saidsecond mark, said insert extending over 'the top ends of the stockingsand having a measurement scale printed on the face thereof, said scaleextending over the top ends of the stockings and having measurementsthereon expressed in terms cf the distance from the heel mark to the topend of the stockings, then folding the feet of the stockings over theother end of the insert and then folding the insert together with thestockings.

5. The method of packaging hosiery so as to indicate the length thereofwhich comprises the `steps of placing a pair of stockings on a surfacewith the heels thereof being located at a mark on said surface and withthe tops :hereof extending toward a second mark on said surface, saidsecond mark spaced from said first mark by a known distance, saiddistance being greater than the length of the stockings, thenmeasuringthe distance between the tops of the stockings and said secondmark by placing an insert face down over the leg of the stocking withlone end thereof located at said second mark and the other end thereofextending to a point intermediate the tops and the heels of thestockings, said insert having a measurement scale printed on the facethereof, said scale extending from said one end of the insert to a pointbeyond the tops of the stockings and having measurements expressed interms of the distance from the heels to the tops of the stockings, thenfolding the feet of the stockings over the other end of the insert andthen folding the insert together with the stockings.

6. In a method of packaging hosiery, the steps of laying a pair ofstockings flat on a surface with lthe 'heels thereof located at a markon the surface and with the tops of the legs thereof extending beyond asecond mark spaced from said first-mentioned mark by a known distance,then measuring the distance from the `second mark to the tops of thestockings by placing an insert face down over the leg of the stockingwith one end thereof located at said second mark, said insert extendingover the top ends of the stockings and having a measurement scaleprinted on one face thereof, said scale extending over the tops of thestockings and having measurements thereon expressed in terms of thedistance from said second mark to the tops of the stockings plus theknown distance between said marks, then folding the feet of thestockings over the insert and then folding the insert together with thestockings.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,935,475 Lawler Nov. t4, 1933 2,537,417 Merske Jan. 9, 1951 2,573,827Bigelow Nov. 6, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 644,296 Germany Apr. 28, 1937

